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DOMINOS. No. 273,559. Patent-ed Mar. 6.1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. LOCKWOOD, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOE TO THE BONSILATECOMPANY, (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

DOMINO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,559, dated March 6,1883. Application filed September 8, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,- CHARLES S. LOOKWOOD, of Albany, in the county ofAlbany and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Dominos, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has relation to improvements in dominos; and it consistsin the production of a domino of two colors, formed in a'single piece ofplastic material, and of the process by means of which it is produced.

The distinctive novelty of the invention consists in forming a dominoout of plastic material, the back and face of which are of differentcolors, and in the process by which the result is accomplished, thedetails of which are hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the face andedge of one layer of the material composing the domino, and Fig.2 is anedge view ofthe completed domino.

In practicing the invention I first form the face of the domino with theeyes and crossbars, as shown in Fig.1, in any convenient way, by moldingit in a die of appropriate construction. The face having been formed asstated, I then apply a layer of material of any contrasting color, andintroduce the face carrying the layer of contrasting color into the moldand again apply heat and pressure.

The two materials of different colors will thus be firmly weldedtogether, and the article as completed will have a finished appearance,the back and face being divided by a sharplydefined line. rials may beemployed with good results, and I recommend especially the use of thematerial Different kinds of plastic mateknown as bonsilate, which I haveemployed with entirely satisfactory results. If desired,

after the face has been formed, the eyes may be filled with black or anycontrasting color, and the domino completed by introducing it into anordinary rectangular die or mold having plain surfaces,in' which eventthe layer of contrasting material will be applied as hereinbeforerecited.

It will appear plain to personsskilled in the art that the foregoingprocess may be modified in some respects without departing from thespirit of the invention-as, for instance, instead of first forming theface and then applying the baclr, as recited, the back may be firstformed and the face afterward applied;

or, in lieu of both of these processes, two layers of dilferentcoloredpowders may be placed in the mold at the same time and the domino thusformed at one operation.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A domino of two colors formed in a single piece of plastic material,substantially as set forth.

2. The process herein described of forming dominos, which consists inwelding two layers of material of different colors in a mold or die,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in dominos, as abovedescribed, I

have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of June, 1882.

CHARLES S. LOOKWQOD. Witnesses:

ROBER'1 G. PRUYN,

CHAS. M. HYA'IT.

